The image is a portrait showing the subject from the waist up. The person is seated with both hands resting on her lap. She has a neutral expression, light skin, blue eyes, and a modest hairstyle under a sheer white bonnet. She wears a formal dress in greyish-brown color with a fitted bodice, wide sleeves with white lace cuffs, a lace neckline, and a blue ribbon tied in a bow around her neck. The subject also wears small earrings. The background is a simple gradient of muted tones.

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Eleanor Wyer Foster (Mrs. Isaac Foster)

painter Joseph Badger (American, 1708 - 1765)

1755

Medium: oil on bed ticking
Classification: Painting
Dimensions: overall: 91.7 x 71.2 cm (36 1/8 x 28 1/16 in.)
Culture: American
Museum: National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line: Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch
Rights: Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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